Terrorism legislation adviser says new laws are needed to combat AI chatbots

New laws are needed to combat AI chatbots that could radicalise users, an independent Government adviser on terrorism legislation said (PA)

New laws are needed to combat artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots that could radicalise users, the UK’s independent reviewer of terrorism legislation has said.

Writing in the Telegraph, Jonathan Hall KC said the Government’s new Online Safety Act, which passed into law last year, is “unsuited to sophisticated and generative AI”.